Standing outside the White House it's almost impossible to imagine what it must have been like when the Cowboys roamed the halls. The most controversial player here, Ben Roethlisberger (notes), has vowed to change his life and the most sensational thing he has apparently done since arriving in town is take his offensive line out for drinks, paying for everything, tipping well and briefly singing with a piano man. The teams in this Super Bowl are nothing like the Cowboys of the White House. Whether it has had an effect on how players behave in public, there is little doubt they are more careful now. A conduct policy now exists, managed arbitrarily by commissioner Roger Goodell. Today's Cowboys are tamer, the league is quieter. The days of the White House are long gone. Wrapped around were a string of other arrests and other publicly embarrassing situations that made it football's most interesting franchise back then. A television station's hidden camera caught star receiver Michael Irvin with what appeared to be cocaine. When the house and its tenants' purpose became public just after the apex of the Cowboys' Super Bowl runs, this screamed of a team out of control. Nate Newton insists the White House was a haven for neither prostitution ("What did we need a prostitute for? Women laid down for us") nor drugs (Never saw 'em), yet his take is disputed by myriad teammates and people in the know." "The house … was rented under the name of receiver Alvin Harper and the new neighbors in an exclusively white, low-key community were 6-foot-5 inch, 300 pound African American men escorting an endless conveyor belt of large-breasted blondes. Yet for a time about 15 years ago, the peace was tested.Ĭonsider this passage printed in The Guardian from Jeff Pearlman, the author of "Boys Will Be Boys," the story of the decadent 1990s Cowboys. It was as if the whole happy Cowboys neighborhood had been abandoned. Only an occasional car rolled down the Cowboys Parkway. And despite a pleasant afternoon sun, no one seemed to be outside on Dorsett Drive, nor on the nearby Meredith Drive. No one answered the door on a recent Sunday. It's hard to know if the current residents of the White House know its inglorious history. The listing makes no mention of the handful of Cowboys players who made it a second home in the mid-1990s, calling it the White House and using the five bedrooms and 3.1 bathrooms for acts far less pure than the "play football" amenity the listing suggests. And behind the canal is the Cowboys' Valley Ranch headquarters, so close you can surely hear the coaches' practice whistles on a breezy day.Ī recent real estate listing says the house was valued at $294,500 – this probably because of the extensive renovation a few years back in which everything was painted, new carpeting tacked down and granite countertops installed in the kitchen. IRVING, Texas – The notorious house stands regal at the end of a cul-de-sac named for the Dallas Cowboys' great running back Tony Dorsett a brown brick fortress with giant picture windows and a two-car garage at the bottom. 5 hotel encounter with a woman in Arizona, delivering a follow-up order as punishment that allows the public to view the footage.Alvin Harper (L) and Michael Irvin lived it up in the Cowboys' "White House" in the mid-90s March 10: Judge lambasts Marriott lawyers, allows Irvin hotel video to go publicĪ federal judge on March 10 said Marriott “blatantly” violated his order to give Michael Irvin video recordings related to the former Cowboys wide receiver’s Feb. 5 while she walked from the lobby’s bar area in the normal course of her job. According to the document, which The Dallas Morning News obtained, Irvin “flagged down” the woman, who is a staffer at Renaissance Phoenix Downtown, on Feb. Marriott disclosed the account in a motion filed in federal court. March 10: Marriott releases details of woman’s accusation against Michael Irvinįor the first time, Marriott unveiled specific details about a female employee’s accusation against Michael Irvin in a hotel-lobby conversation that occurred in Phoenix last month, the account portraying the former Cowboys wide receiver’s actions as a drunken and at times aggressive flirtation that included a lewd comment.
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